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NEWS FEATURE: Methodist minister takes on the gambling industry
c. 1997 Religion News Service
WASHINGTON _ When the National Gambling Impact Study Commission holds its first meeting June 20, the Rev. Tom Grey will be there, ready to fight the apostles of the gospel of gambling and the prophets of the get-rich-quick profits of gaming.
Grey, a U...
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COMMENTARY: The church could learn lesson on community from the military
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is the author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and publisher of RNS.)
UNDATED _ Maybe I'm missing something. After reading article upon article concerning adultery in the U.S. Air Force, I have found very few that support the notion of indi...
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COMMENTARY: Death _ a taker, a giver and a teacher
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and author of"Turn Toward the Wind.")
UNDATED _ We usually think of death as a taker _ it snatches a friend or loved one, leaving us to cry out in despair at the void left in our lives.
But death is a giver, t...
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COMMENTARY: Investment advice for the gurus of Wall Street
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is publisher of RNS and author of and author of"Turn Toward the Wind.")
UNDATED _ This week's roller-coaster ride on Wall Street has left the experts bewildered and forced the analysts to scramble to look like they actually underst...
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COMMENTARY: Why good kids do bad things
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Dale Hanson Bourke is author of"Turn Toward the Wind"and publisher of Religion News Service. She is the mother of two boys.)
UNDATED _ It hardly surprises us anymore when a kid from a poor, inner-city neighborhood goes astray. A steady diet of povert...
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COMMENTARY: Are American Roman Catholics really Calvinists?
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: Challenging the assumption of a polarized society
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: A modern immigration parable
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Andrew M. Greeley is a Roman Catholic priest, best-selling novelist and a sociologist at the University of Chicago National Opinion Research Center. Check out his home page at http://www.agreeley.com or contact him via e-mail at agreel(at)aol.com.)
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COMMENTARY: On the spiritual path, the key is trust
c. 1997 Religion News Service
(Les Kaye is the abbot of the Kannon Do Zen Meditation Center in Mountain View, Calif., and the author of"Zen at Work"(Crown).)
UNDATED _ I don't think it makes much difference what spiritual practice we choose, and there are certainly a wide variety...
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RNS Daily Digest
c. 1997 Religion News Service
New Jersey allows gay couples to jointly adopt children
(RNS) New Jersey will allow homosexual couples to jointly adopt children in the same way married couples can, following settlement of a lawsuit Wednesday (Dec. 17).
Supporters hailed the deci...
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